Have you ever been to an abortion clinic?

Yes, and I can honestly say that no one in that waiting room truly wanted to be there.

It was years ago, and I had a friend (ex) that I hadnt seen in a couple of years. She needed a huge favor! Since she was still my homie, I told her that I would take her to texas, so she wouldn't have to tell any of her people.

It was a 2 day procedure, with one visit on a Friday and another on Saturday morning. Friday afternoon was normalish, but Saturday morning was not.

We pulled up at 6am to a facility surrounded by a huge fence. The entrance for cars was on a side road. We pulled in and went inside.

As one of the first to arrive, she went back early. I sat in the waiting room reading shitty magazine after shitty magazine.
After about an hour, I decided to go have a cigarette in the car. I soon found out why the facility had a huge fence and an entrance in a weird place.

I let the door shut behind me, hanging a left towards the car. Out of the crowd of protesters accumulated by the fence on the main road, I hear, "daaaaaaadddddy...daaaaddddy, don't leave me," in a screeching woman's voice.

This happened during the entire walk to the car and back.

After too many more shitty magazines, I went back for another cigarette. This time, on the way back, I decided to approach the screecher and the other protesters. I explained that I wasn't the father. I also stated that I wasn't necessarily for abortion, but that their methods did not work, bc there wasn't a soul in that waiting room that felt good about their decision.

I went on to explain that the place was the most somber, depressing group of people that I've ever experienced. They walked in looking like death, and they walked out looking worse. I would suspect that 75% or better would have left if you could walk in and alleviate their financial concerns regarding raising the baby.

On my 3rd cigarette, I did not get the screeching "daaaaddddy" treatment, so I guess the protesters had respected my position or respected me.

We never spoke about it when she came out of her procedure for her very own death walk. She did get a "murderer" or two from the group at the fence.